Excerpt: Read the First Chapter of Helena Hunting’s Hooking Up!

Helena Hunting's next sexy romantic comedy, Hooking Up, is due out November 7. The standalone from the New York Times bestselling author of the Pucked series, follows Amalie Whitfield on what should be one of the best days of her life, her wedding day. Her new husband it seems, is a little less than committed. Get…

October 4, 20170Comments

Book Reviews

The Ghostwriter by Alessandra Torre | Review

**ARC provided via NetGalley** Alessandra Torre has a winner with the Ghostwriter. The plot feels fresh, the writing is evocative and the characters, especially Helena Ross, quickly come into sharp focus. 4 stars. The Ghostwriter occupies a sweet spot between women’s fiction and suspense. On the one hand, you’re trying to unravel the mystery. On the other, it’s…

October 2, 20170Comments

Book Reviews

My Rice Bowl by Rachel Yang and Jess Thomson

Grilled Chinese Broccoli with Walnut Pesto and Garlic Confit from My Rice Bowl by Rachel Yang and Jess Thomson. I have been having the best time cooking from My Rice Bowl by Rachel Yang and Jess Thomson. It might surprise you to hear that this isn't strictly a Korean cookbook. A rice bowl, that's bibimbap, right?…

October 2, 20170Comments

Events Recipes

Feast Portland’s Brunch Village Delivers the Sweet, the Savory, and the Beer?

Feast Portland's Brunch Village is always an intriguing mix of flavors. You can rely on some Portland favorites showing up, some out-of-towners, and there's free flowing champagne and a Bloody Mary bar. This year's event featured bites from some hometown favorites including Mae, Little T Baker, and Tusk, as well as Austin's Launderette and NYC's…

October 1, 20170Comments

Restaurants

The Lakehouse in Bellevue Adds Weekend Brunch

The Lakehouse's new brunch menu offers a range of sweet and savory dishes, including a Cocoa Coffee Flour Shortstack with Blueberries, Walnuts and Sticky Toffee. (Photo Credit: The Lakehouse). The Lakehouse, Chef Jason Wilson's newest spot in Bellevue, adds brunch starting this Saturday, September 30. In line with the Lakehouse's farm-to-table approach, the brunch menu includes…

September 28, 20170Comments

Events

No FOMO! Here’s the Best of Feast Portland 2017

Feast Portland 2017 featured 134 chefs, 31 wineries, 15 breweries, 11 artisans, and 12 distilleries, that delivered the delicious to nearly 18,000 attendees. Over the course of 4 days, I caught up with old friends and ate my way through the amazing Bon Appetit Hot 10 dinner, the Grand Tastings, Smoked and Sunday's Brunch Village.…

September 25, 20170Comments

Book Reviews

Food Fiction: Mixing it Up by Tracie Banister | Review

**Book provided by the author for review** In Mixing it Up, Cecily Sinclair is living the dream — she’s a Cordon Bleu-trained chef with her own Cable TV cooking show, Serving Romance. After the network is acquired by another media conglomerate, Cecily keeps her job, but the show undergoes a major makeover as the network tries…

September 21, 20170Comments

Events

How to Get a Taste of Feast Portland, Even if You Can’t Go

A post shared by Feast Portland (@feastportland) on Sep 10, 2017 at 10:46am PDT Feast Portland is here! You have one last chance to take off work on Friday afternoon and get tickets for the Friday Grand Tasting. Can't do it? There IS still a way you can get a taste of Feast Portland. Back…

September 14, 20170Comments

Book Reviews

TEMPORARY by Sarina Bowen & Sarah Mayberry | Review

TEMPORARY brings together an American who needs to keep her job and the Aussie playboy who could ruin it all. It's also a book in which the cup of coffee and biscuits are actually relevant to the story. ;-) **ARC provided by authors' publicist for review** TEMPORARY is the first collaboration between authors Sarina Bowen and Sarah…

September 12, 20170Comments

Book Reviews

Autoboyography by Christina Lauren| 5-star Review

I wrote my initial Goodreads review of Autoboyography, Christina Lauren’s latest, about a month ago. I felt that urgency to capture my first thoughts and reactions after reading the book, giving it a 5-star rating. But I needed the last month to just sort of let it sit with me, because that’s the kind of…

September 7, 20170Comments

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Excerpt: Read the First Chapter of Helena Hunting’s Hooking Up!

The Ghostwriter by Alessandra Torre | Review

My Rice Bowl by Rachel Yang and Jess Thomson

Feast Portland’s Brunch Village Delivers the Sweet, the Savory, and the Beer?

The Lakehouse in Bellevue Adds Weekend Brunch

No FOMO! Here’s the Best of Feast Portland 2017

Food Fiction: Mixing it Up by Tracie Banister | Review

How to Get a Taste of Feast Portland, Even if You Can’t Go

TEMPORARY by Sarina Bowen & Sarah Mayberry | Review

Autoboyography by Christina Lauren| 5-star Review

It Looks Like You in the Dark by Mathilda Zeller | Review

Now Available: Wicker, the Short Story That Inspired the Film

Review: The Romance Revival by Christina Lauren